Culinary supply-card.



PATENTED MAYIZG, 1908.

W. D. HENDERSON.

CULINARY SUPPLY CARD.

APPLIOATIQN FILED JULY 17,1906.

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STATES ATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. HENDERSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE WHITEHEAD (S: HOAG COMPANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CULINARY SUPPLY-CARD.

To all whom it may} concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM D. HENDER- SON, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Culinary SupplyCards, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in culinary supply-cards commonly known as kitchen-reminders adapted to be kept in the kitchen or culinary department to indicate alt a glance the absence of any culinary sup 1) ms.

My object, therefore, is to provide a simple, comparatively inexpensive device by which the cook or other attendant may indicate the absence of any, or necessity for culinary supplies as they may become exhausted so that the grocery-order may be taken directly from such device without personal investigation of the supplies.

In other words, I have sought to combine in one device, a kitchen-remin der and an advertising medium, upon which is printed the various articles usually used in cooking, and with which, is associated a series of movable members adapted to be brought into registration with any one of said articles to remind the cook that sucharticle is exhausted or needed from the grocery, so that any one examining the device, can readily tell at a glance just what articles are needed.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view of my improved kitchen -reminder. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view through the card seen in Fig. 1 at the point where the strin s are fastened. Fig. 3 is a similar sectiona view showing a modified means for fastening the cores to the card.

My improved kitchen-reminder consists of a card 1 of any suitable material, such as card-board, or any pyroxylin material.

The longitudinal edges of this card are formed with a series of notches or slits 2, which are preferably \l-sha e for receiving any one of a series of movab e flexible members, as cords or strings *3, which are attached in any desired manner to any part of the card, or may be entirely separate from the card, and sim ly bunched or tied together to leave their ends free to be drawn into the slits 2-.

One or both of the flat surfaces of the card are provided with printed names of the arti- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 17, 1906.

' cooking.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 326,638.

cles which are usually used for the table in These names are printed in line with the notches or slits 2, one for each slit. The cords or strings 3 are preferably attached to the card leaving their ends free to be drawn into one end of the notches at either side of the card opposite to the name of the article which may be needed, so that when the cook finds that a certain article is becoming exhausted, he or she may draw one of the strings through the notch opposite such article, thereby indicating at a glance that this article is needed. In this way, several of the strings may be drawn through as many notches during a given period or interval of time, as one day, so that when the groceryman calls for an order it maybe taken directly from the card, as indicated by the position of the strings.

In Figs. 1 and 2, the strings 3 are shown as knotted at 6 at their longitudinal centers, leaving the ends free, the knot 6- being passed through an aperture 6 in the card 1 where the knot at the back of the card is somewhat larger than the opening to retain the strings in place.

In Fig. 3, I have shown the cords 3 as having their longitudinal centers clasped in a loop or staple 7 which is passed through the aperture 6-' and has its ends bent laterally upon the back of the card 1 to retain the strings in place.

WhileI have described this invention as applicable to a kitchen reminder, yet I do not desire to limit myself to such use, as it Will be evident that the device may be used for a reminder ofany kind, or for any use, and may be used for lists, such as telephone lists, and

the like in which numerals are used to indicate names and things.

What I claim is:

1. A culinary supply-card having a series of slits and the names of the articles printed on the card, each in line with one of the slits, and movable members fastened to the card at the same point each having a portion thereof adapted to be drawn into one of the slits.

2. A kitchen-reminder consisting of a plate having printed thereon the names of the articles which may be needed, in combination with a series of flexible members fastened to the card substantially midway between its edges and each movable into alinement with any one of the printed articles, and means on the card for holding the flexible members in their adjusted positions.

3. A kitchen-re1ninder consistlng of a plate having printed thereon the names of the articles needed and provided with a series of slits, one for each name, in colnbina tion With a series of flexible members attached substantially midway between their ends, to the card, and having their free ends movable into and out of the slits.

4. A kitchen-reminder comprising a card having printed thereon the names of the ar ticles needed, said card having each of its longitudinal edges formed With slits, and

15 strings having their central portions attached to the card, and their free ends adapted to be drawn into said slits.

5. A culinary supply card consisting of a plate having its opposite longitudinal edges provided With V-shape notches, in combination with a series of strings fastened substantially midway between its longitudinal edges.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this third day of July, 1906.

WILLIAM D. HENDERSON,

lVitnesses INEZ CREDITOR, IoNE WEATHERBY. 

